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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23
A Change in the Electric LIGHT Plant.

John A. Topper and H. NJ. Ogden, both
practical electricians, have leased the
electric light works of the Butte Citv Elec.
ttic Light Company and will take charge of
them August 1, for three years. Mr.. Tup.
per had charge of the Salt Lake plant for
several years and for fifteen months past
been in control Of the Helena plant from
which position he will resign tomorrow on
his return there from this city. Mr.. Ogden
has been connected with the Thomson.
Houston Electric Light Company which
put in the excellent works at Miles City,
Billings and Bozeman. Their services viii
be invaluable to Butte, as they viii at
once proceed to put in the incandeecent
lights which will be a great blessing to all
patrons OF electric lights, residences as
we'll as business houses and Offices. We
rust that our citizens will give the new
management the support we know thew
will deserve.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

The stock market was IN q state of stag
nation all day yesterday, but owing to the
bear reports of the death of Bismarck to.
wards the close, there was quite a percent
age of depression, although the demise of
blood and iron should not naturally de-
press the price OF American securities, as
none of the iron Of Biz.'s soul could hardly
enter into railroading in this country. The
iron in his composition is not Besemer
steel.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

The Barbette pivot guns, which have
been introduced into our naval service, are
high and mighty kickers. In q test of them
IN the Atlanta the guns recoiled with
such force as to tear up the track and rip
the gun deck up the back. When they get
into action a ''breech presentation" should
made to the enemy.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23
STORIES OF WEDDING p,
Mean-spirited Bridegroom, WI
Cheat the Prescb., 'fled,e

Cheat the Preacher, ''''d'o
speaking of marriage fee.n
nen' clergyman said to an ALBANY PROM.
reporter. recalls a verv ~ Journal
blunder which was perpetrst a9alra'das
brother clergyman recently. Tho Upon .
who was not a very nervous ,s uas s'oop,
e~areless!y poked an old plantat;",, elthsr,
ballad IN bis vest pocket with tbs aess
which he intended as the m. 'ne Is ba
During the excitement which ,"n r'aes IL.
ceremony the young man placed "vS'd Ii.
tation ballad in the palm of the e,' sne psa
After a fervent godspeed, the oa s!nsa.
clergyman "a, left without inspecting I ths
song. The divine was indignant 'us nse'
discovered the nature of the biz .neah
which he had slowed awav in u, pap'
He felt insulted. However. fr;a aas Hsle.
coded, the young man found tha =. iutss
vest pocket. made a hurried ,solnh BIZ
and succeeded in %allaying the ira =.
dignant clergyman. 'ol theh
when in California" the ecc,.,;
continued II had a little exna ,%I;s.esla'dr
a presumptuous groom. Tbe w;e ace viii
prominent physician. 1euuested n
to a hotel to marry a couple. "s'oeou,
and after the ceremony the ,roeo omphs
to tumble a $50 gold piece about oeN
his thumb and index finger. or cou usssss
present observed the coin. F;nan[se y
young man sided toward the piaz,a u
and beckoued me to follow. w. a
door shut us from the bride and tSa D
tor the young Benedict slipped tbs ~ ~ w.
eagle into bis trousers pocket and u s
out twenty shiIlings in silver "a nv as
said nothing, but when l came to fo's
a certificate l filed it out on a MIR
foolscap paper. l heard from the a,o'
friend. the doctor, in due time D.
manded an explanation of nv es,aN
When l meekly informed him that s's,
not afford to furnish a first-classce,.s@.as
when the fee was so small, l ,eceir s1a y.
from the groom for a proper statsn.s. y
the marriage" "
The clergyman then narrated bbr -
turning from prayer meeting with ri, ~.
he found a couple seated in a bugpv b s'
his door. They desired to be united inv "
holy bonds Of wedlock, and when ths, s
mony was concluded the groom, wbon
peared rather dull, continued to lipar'ss
seemed greatly embarrassed. The rsS
bride nudged him in the side occ 4sion,
and looked hard at the door. The VA,
man only grew more and more un.,T
When all the topics of conversation i
been exhausted the clergyman's good !
proceeded to entertain the young con,
with cake and refreshments. Atlast, AIN
an hour and a half after the ceremony
been concluded, the bride crowded
groom to the door and was seemingy
termined to get him out of the room. n
as the door was about to be swunay
the groom plunged his hands into his /,
sers pocket, drew forth a 5O.cent sin
piece, blushed violently and hurried
the house.
However" said the clergyman. I'LL
more respect for this poor fellow than
for the imposter who gave me S2.5Oa4
he had given his bride and friends touN4
stand that I was to receive $50. ii
nished the groom who compensate 3
with fifty cents with a fine marriage GER
cafa-S n
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

A special to The MINER from Cheyenne
states that six prisoners had escaped from
the Jail at LARAMIE and taken to the hills,
Three of them were murderers. They
locked in their keepers and after thoroughly
arming themselves fled. They will be hard
customers to deal with if corralled for they
will fight fercely to the death.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

The Eastern wires got their legs crossed
last night, and the Associated Press feels
constrained to apologize for the meager-
ness of the reports. We know the ASS {
ciated Press service we'll enough to guaran-
tee that it is prompt in it's filings, and
that the newspapers suffer alone from the
failure of the Western Union to promptly
transmit the report to the West.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

The French are for ferniast Ferdinand for
the Bulgarian throne. and it is very doubt
full if the royal mantle OF Prince Milan will
ever descend upon his shoulders. Tie Bull:
gers are having a hard time to secure a
figure head. The great powers cannot agree
upon the man of straw to be selected, and
when they do, will proceed to knock him
down again.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23
Petty Thieving at Meaderyille.

A correspondent at Meaderville writes
that petty thieves are getting in their work
in that suburb. On the night of the 18th
they sneaked into the cabin of John D..
Huffman aud M. Sullivan, who were there
asleep. and carried out Huffman's trunk.
They took it about 100 yards, broke off
the lock. searched it and robbed it of his
gold watch and chain, a pair of valuable
sleeve buttons, also q silver watch. Mr.. !
thinks he must ha We been druQeed,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

The dullness in the New York stock mar
ave place to some spirit of activity on
yesterday, and the speculative sentiments
gaining ground. 1t is likely that dealings
Tor the past few days have been governed
IN a measure by the depressing atmospheric
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

Inc opinion OF Attorney General Garland
to the President on the Alien Land act has
found the light through an English financial
paper. 1t is in effect that aliens may ad.
vance money to work mines in the Terri
sorles' but cannot acquire landsi in the pub.
nc oomai by such advances. This il a
hoeral Interpretation of the act and is in a
measure comforting to Montana mine
owners.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23
Red-Headed Girl and White Horse

"Here's a n d-headed girl and there's
white horse" remarked a Eell-kuo
sporting man who was walkingdown Bro
way with a New York Sun reporter.
"What do you mean?" he was ASKED.
Didn't you ever hear that before Eu
time you meet a red-hea1ed girl ycu :
see a white horse?"
Half a block further another rei.head
girl was met.
Where's your white horse now" ask
the reporter.
There's one turning the next cornaf
he replied; and sure enough around the col
ner came a white horse drawing a dra!,
"They never fail, | tell you. have "a
saying. Here's a red headed girlandtheN'
a white horse for fifteen years. I've ne's
got Il t yet"
After parting the reporter met one ne'
red-headed girl, and after looking for Y
white horse was not surprised to see a.
pass drawn by two of them.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23
TaE LATE ARCHBISHOP sEaHERs.


sketch Of His Life md kabors Among tho
indians = thsss1erthvest.
A dispatch from San Francisco in yestsr-
days paper mentioned the murder OF
Archbishop seghers, in November last. by
bis servant, Frank Fuller, on the banks OF
the Yukon river, in Alaska. The deceased
prelate ~ known here to many, having
visited Butte in 1881, Immediately after his
appointment TO the see Of Oregon, and
from those acquainted with him here the
following facts were learned: He was born
in Belgium, and studied philosophy ard
theology in the celebrated American
college at Louvain, which has given 50
many missionaries to these North western
territories. After bis ordinationnftog the
priesthood he went to Oregon, then almost
q wilderness, where he worked hard under
Archbishop Blanchet until he was pre-
conised first Bishopof Vancouver Island.
When Archbishop Blanchet died he was
promoted to the ArchbishopFic OF Oregon
in 1880. At this time, or shortly after, he
VISITED MONTANA, .-E0
q portion OF which is in the see OF Oregon,
and here he was shown great honor by our
citizeIs, John Caplice. John II. Curtis,
John Mcguire, Mr.. Marchesseau, and 9th
ers. Mr.. Mcguire knew him well for years
as one Of the most erudite men he ever
met. He said he "a aware that Arch
bishop Segbers had in contemplation the
publication OF q work on the Alaska In
dams, q subject he was peculiarly fitted to
treat OF from the fact that Alaska was the
principal field Of his missionary work. Mr..
bro I'd, charitable views, and whose devo-
ton to bis life work had certainly earned
for him the martyrs rown. After attend
ing the Baltimore, Ecumenical Council
Archbishop Seghers sent in his resignation
to Rome, where it was reluctantly accepted,
GO AZ A
to the Indians Of Alaska, in which race he
felt a deep interest, and his devotion to
which may be imagined when he volunta-
rily resigned q life Of comparative luxury
to brave the dangers and encounter the
h%ardships 1T life among savages. He was
to missionary life, however. and
to q man of his high conception of duty,
such a life was preferable to one of ease.
He was a most eloquent speaker. and bis
reputation as such was so great and people
were so eager to hear him that at q lecture
in Portland for the Irish famine fund in the
of 1880, about 5000 was realized, of
which $500 was RENTED to Kenmare and
The balance to the destitute poor Of the
OF Ireland. The deceased was about
years old when he died.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

Oscar J. Harvey, the defaulting treasury
official, pleaded guilty yesterday and was
sentenced to the penitentiary for two years.
He only got away with $95, 600. Had he
STOLEN a loaf Of bread for starving family
he would most likely have been sent up for
six years. And of such is the administra-
tion OF Justice in this land of liberty.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

Imagine the spectacle of Republican
Blaine dofing his Knights Plume before
the tomb of Alexander the Third of Scot.
land. 1t must have reminded him of the
age OF chivalry, which was but so recently
revived in Butte by the Duke d Gastonp
and his esquire in the Fourth of July arena.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23
Very UnaccOmmodasing Neighoo'"

Il suppose that is good neighbornus
said a visitor, addressing Mrs. Pre'en'''
eyes, in some respects" .,
The Potworthies across the stree'''
good people, l suppose" .r
"They are very unaccommodatng' 4,
II am surprised ct that. Do the! "'
to lend anything?" ,,tr
"Oh, no; they do very well III 'D''
spect." .,dt
"How, then, are they unaccomn''
,bt,
well, you see, when mydaughtef 10 hi
was buried only three OF them came sss>
funeral. although they knew thai Wait Daft.
were-well, blu king against those ss
sons-they boast OF having su'N
Traveller.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

On Tuesday an event frought with great
interest to the Territory OF Montana and
to the energetic and wide awake manage
ment Of the Union Pacific will happen in
the widening Of the gauge to standard OF
the Utah 4 Northern Railway. This
movement win save the breakage OF bulk
on freight in transit, and can but result
in a reduction Of rates and an increased
volume Of q more profitable business to
the Union Pacific. This great work will
all be done in q day, and the travelling
and business public will hardly know of
the event until the trouble and delay is all
over.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

Further preparations for the execution
OF Hart, the murderer of Pitts, may as
we'll be postponed, as he has been respited
until August 26th by Governor Leslie,
through the earnest efforts of our esteemed
fellow %towDsman, Duffy, who seems to be
a rustler in this line of business from away
back.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23
Something Novel.

Ii the passer-by would drop in at Nc
Cormick & Hughes, one door below the
p%ostofice. be would see something new and
novel in a lancet which, by a turn of the
wrist, will produce either Dublin porter or
beer, as the caller may desire. tits worked
by an air pump, which forces the LIQUIDS
from the cellar beseath, and is an attrac-
lion not seen elsewhere in the city and. we
believe, not IN the Territory. Call and sesit.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

Some queer complications OF the mar
rage law for the Territories and for the
District OF Columbia are set forth in our
city news columns this morning. They
more seriously affect the Territories, how
ever. than the District OF Columbia. We
want to do the right thing in the right
way here, but in the District of Columbia
no particular formality is observed, and
nc time lost by reason of the iDcongrui-
ties Of the law. Those people are a mat
rimonial law unto themselves, and like
time and tide, wait for nobody.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

" one thing we may be thankful, and
that is that it is not a part OF the Presi.
dents plans to visit Massachusetts points.
What he needs to do is to come and look
over the wild west, thereby learning some
thing OF the real resources and develop.
ment Of this great country.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23
1t Was Ever Thus

Young Author Ito EDITOR ~ diff
publisher, | have heard, is the
cult thing in authorship.
Editor don't think so. ~ WIS.,
Author-Ah, you encourage
then, ia the most difficult Artss'
Editor Getting teAHers
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

And now the distillers would combine
n organize on the basis of the Standard
vi Company, and secure the listing OF their
STOCK on the exchange. We would suggest
that the title of the new combination should
be The National Fusil Oil Comnanvn
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

A wife murderer and an ATTEMPTED sui.
eide is reported from Dillon. It is hoped
the criminals life may be spared for an.
other exhibition of Montana's stern JUS.
tice. This wife Staying business should be
stopped in this Territory by making scat
told exhibitions of all the offenders.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

medicine ard wrappings, I .s;a-%
= dutilully: You may reSt very s.e.sL
while you are down town a. iest easy, d.!
will take just as good ca,: sour businsS..'
though she were my own ch;s, OF babr
child2" he replied, gasnina' ,a'' .Youros%4
e. me p. a moment; then he saw n s lootsss
ae Kissed me good-by in silen eas the DON'T
went on, but ne has never siOs. and tIl.ss
me g. any %gratuitous advice on S'a i. tendsrSs
LOUIS Orltic. "' subject
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

The English men of wal must be getting
In training for action, for in the absence of
a common enemy they are gathering each
other. Two more of them locked horns in
a collision. The Britishers would like to
nave it appear that the only ioeman
worthy OF their steel armor are themselves.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

Boulanger's photographs made in Ham.
burg, for sale in France were seized on the
frontier. His very shadow seems to scare
his hereditary enemies. The German war
horses should not shy at a sunbeam, but
they seem to shy, just the same.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23
GIVEN D OATH
MAKE OUT THEIR STATEMENT

and swear to an affidavit before a notary.
and then send it to Helena with the accom-.
panying fee of 81, and the County Clerk OF
Lewis and Clark County will forward the
document to them, when they can take the
morning train for the capital and get mar.
ried when they arrive there. OF curse it
isn't necessary to go to Helena, as Deer
Lodge, or Boulder, or Dillon would do
equally we'll, and it is just possible that a
statement, affidavit and fee could reach
the Clerks Office at the Court House by
mail from parties living in Butte as we'll as
from other places in the Territory, but
then that wouldn't be half so romantic,
and the visit to the capital would combine
business with pleasure by getting married
and going on the wedding trip at the same
time.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23
At Stuart.

Otto Wommelsdorf keeps the passenger
depot for Gregson Springs. With waiting
room for ladies. A bar is run in connection
with the house, where the finest brands of
wines, liquors and cigars are kept cor.
stantly on hand. A share Of patronage go
licited and customers made perfectly at
home.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

Inc appointment of Edward Dickinson
70 the Superintendency OF the Union Pacific
means that the immediate management of
the system will be thorough and economi-
cal. In carrying out the Potter policy here
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

Herr krupp, the great German gun man.
u1acturer' in his life time established
many institutions of learning and charity,
also cemeteries and furnished formidable
machinery and laid the foundation Of manv
more.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

Editor G'Brien is to be voted the free.
dom OF the city of Dublin for his arduous
duties in boarding the L~ansdowne lion in
his den,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

lnasmuch as the Northwest Magazine
il to give Butte a big boom in the immedi-
ate future, let us have peace.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23

There is a rumor in the air that Captain
reynolds will not accept the Coloncy of
the Montana Militia.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-23
SURROUNDED By SAFEGUARDS.
Tho Provisions Of NsrioDal ana Territorial
Liquidation to Insure The Firmness Of
Nuptial Knot.

The Provisions OF Nasiopal ano Territorial
the Nuptial Knot.
It is pretty we'll understood now that al
the last session Of the Legislature OF Mon.
tana q law vas enacted which requires
parties contemplating matrimony t o take
out q license from the Recorder OF Deeds oil
the county in which they live. This law
goes into effect N September LIST. It also
requires that the party celebrating the
marriage shall certify the same to the
County Clerk within three months, or be
fined from SO to $50 for neglect to do 80.
But it is not generally known that at the
last session OF Congress a law was passed,
principally in the interests of Utah, so it
is stated. but applying to all the Terrific
rles, which requires that all marriages cele-
brated in the Territories shall be certified
to by the minister, priest or officer per.
forming the same to the Probate Court.
under penalty of a fine of not more than
$1,000, or imprisonment for not more
than two years. or both fine and imprison.
ment. The law 10
IN fOhCE Al PRESENT
and has been since Congress adjourned, but
very few persons are aware of it's provisions
and the TACT that it is now in force. With
all these safeguards thrown around matri-
mony, it will be impossible to cast any
doubt on the legality of any connubiai tie
after September 1, but it is open to coniec-
ture whether the distractions placed in the
way OF getting a license may not have a de-
pressing effect on the ardOr of lovers. The
sixth section OF the act requires that when
application shall be made to the County
Clerk for q license, he must state in the
license the Christian and surname of the
fathers OF both parties; the Christian and
maiden names Of the mothers of both par
ties; sthe Christian and surname of both
parties; the residence of both parties, their
places of birth, their respective ages, their
color and whether previously married. The
testimony may be required to be
GIVEN UNDER OATH
if given in person, and if application is
made by mail the parties applying must
their statement by an affidavit
to it's correctness. This is the trial that
awaits a bashful young man and maiden
when they come to the County Clerks /
office and ask for a license to marry. There
is only one way of avoiding the embarrass.
ment of the personal application. There is
nothing contained in the law which pre-
vents applicants for matrimony applying
or a license to the clerk of any other
county than that in which they live, as the
license must be obtained from the clerk of
he County wherein the marriage is,.to take
place. So that if John Doe and Mary Roe,
Who live in Butte, want to avoid facing the
music before the g~entlemanly and polite
7oung bachelors at the Court House, they
an
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-12-22
Stmtoms of Catarrh

Dull, heavy headachs. obstruction OF the
nasal passage, discharges falling from the
head into the throat, sometimes profuse,
watery, and acrid, at Others, thick, tenaci.
ou., mucousspurulent, bloody ANA putrid;
the eyes are weak, wste!y, and in6amed
there is ringing in the ears, deafness, hack
ing or coughing to clear the throat, eIpee-
toration Of offensive matter, together with
scabs from ulcers; the voice IL changed and
has the nasal twang; the breath In Often
sive: smell and taste are impaired; there il
a sensation Of dizziness, with mental de-
preston, hacking cough and general de-
bility. II you have all, or ANY eonsidera.
ble number Of these symptoms, you are
suffering from Nasal CataTh. The more
complicated your disease has become, the
greater the number and diversity Of syInI
toms. Thousands Of cases annually, without
Misunderstanding half the above symptoms,
result in consumption, and end in The
grave. NodizeAse is % common, IaOre de-
ceptiye and dangerous, or less understood
or more unsuccessfully treated, by physi
clans. Five hundred dollars reward u
offered by tine manufacturers Of DIR. Sage
Catarrh Remedy, for case ofcatarrh which
they cannot cure. Remedy sold by drug
pists, at only 50 cents-